Roberto F. Casal, MD
@rfcasal
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Interventional Pulmonologist and Researcher @MDAndersonNews, Specializing in #LungCancer, Central Airway Obstruction and Pleural disease. Tweets are my own.
Houston, TX
Joined February 2016
Agree. Maybe some of the lesions were infectious in origin. Also, time of infection is not reported and it’s defined within 4 weeks of bronch. Those large necrotic masses or stenotic airways can lead to spontaneous infection unrelated to bronchoscopy. We see that all the time.
@udit_chaddha @Re_innervated @accpchest @virenkaul @Donicme @AAB_IP @SABronchoscopy @OtisBRickman @dfellerk @rfcasal @kylehogarth @bronchmonkey @AlaEddinSagar @samirashojaee @ChristophHutchi Or was there infection to begin with. Did all 47 post-TBB infections happen to be malignant lesions (240 benign in the whole cohort)? Did I miss these data? But maybe. we underestimate complication rates (and overestimate success) 100% of the time unless we actually look. .
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This is an excellent opportunity to get specialized training in patients with unique disease process that make anesthesia management a true challenge. Great job Juan! This is just the beginning. .
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A great loss to our field. I was honored to chat with him in this (pic) and a few other occasions. He lived an exemplary life, and was a true inspiration to many.
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I enjoyed both the article and the editorial. Patient follow up in clinical trials is known to differ substantially from clinical practice. But in this new era, it seems worth it to develop an appropriate follow up system to keep patients home when deemed safe. Nice work!.
@udit_chaddha @MaldonadoFabien @Re_innervated @virenkaul @OtisBRickman @Donicme @ummcIPdoc @AlaEddinSagar @ahalraiyes @chghattas @PannuJasleen @ChristophHutchi For select patients with good follow-up (see the accompanying editorial 😊).
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Storm or "drizzle"? Comparison of IL-6 levels in COVID-19 patients vs. patients in prior major ARDS trials. Is a “Cytokine Storm” Relevant to COVID-19?
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Publishing COVID-19 to death. When will we stop this wave of mediocre publications and unsupported clinical guidelines? This letter is a must read for all journal Editors. It's up them to stop this. Conquest of COVID‐19. Publish it to Death?
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As educators our graduating fellows are a key part of our legacy. And so are the people they will train. Make us proud!.
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Exactly!! We are now starting the VESPA trial: Ventilatory Strategies to Prevent Atelectasis. Coming next!!.
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Our I-LOCATE trial is finally out! "Incidence and Location of Atelectasis Developed During Bronchoscopy Under General Anesthesia" .We hope this will help our colleague bronchoscopists. @MDA @accpchest @sfaiz212 @GAEapenMD @MaldonadoFabien @OtisBRickman.
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ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: NCT03523689; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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RT @ACKoongMDPhD: Thanks @BlueAngels for flyover saluting our @MDAndersonNews frontline healthcare workers during #COVID19 #pandemic. #….
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The other outbreak! 6400 publications of COVID-19 on PubMed in roughly 4 months.
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Venturing into “disco de arado” (plow disk) cuisine. Starting easy with “pollo al disco”. I just wish Houston was cooler.
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I could not agree any more. SARS-CoV-2 has also brought a pandemic of poor quality, repetitive, and misleading publications. Poor quality research should “stay home” too!.
Urging all editors of journals- take an active role in reviewing #COVID19 research. ✔️ titles important (not time for click bait). ✔️ ensure data not duplicated (especially from same center) . ✔️ allow for robust method section even if breaking length rules. ✔️ huge implications.
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RT @MaldonadoFabien: Should we do this? Intercostal vessel screening prior to pleural interventions by the respiratory physician - a prospe….
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Intercostal vessel screening is a simple and potentially important additional step that can be performed by respiratory physicians at the time of pleural intervention without advanced ultrasound...
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If you find yourself in need for a miniature bronchial Y stent this novel technique that helped our patient may become handy @MDAndersonNews @MDApulmonary @aggie07girl @GAEapenMD @sfaiz212 @maraantonoff .Now e-published in ATS
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Extremely thankful to all faculty who taught with great enthusiasm and professionalism. I could not be any prouder of this course.
@caaraven Both (& many others) have been coming since its inception. @rfcasal @GAEapenMD work very hard to provide the best educational experience, invite superb faculty, integrate the newest tech and pay attention to every details. Join us in 2/21! #MDAPulmonary #IP.
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Don’t miss out this intensely hands on course!.New robotic bronchoscopy and CT-guided bronchoscopy stations this year.
MD Anderson Cancer Center @MDAndersonNews 2020 – Interventional Pulmonology in Cancer Patients Course
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